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Reproduction Armoire

Project by Peter O posted 774 days ago 995 views 3 times favorited 23 comments Add to Favorites Watch

A repeat client came to me with a magazine image of an armoire and asked for a similar piece – designed and sized to fit a specific space at the front entry of the client’s 100+ year old home (for those of you on the East coast, 100 years old is a really old house in Idaho!). Construction is of quartersawn white oak and quartersawn white oak ply. The stylized peacock feather design was selected by the client and hand-painted on the larger door panels. The glass was cut and leaded by a local glass artisan.



Is there any better compliment than a repeat client?

-- http://www.north40custom.com -- http://north40studios.etsy.com --


23 comments so far

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Thos. Angle

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posted 774 days ago

Very nice and it is nice to have repeat customers

-- Thos. Angle

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SPalm

952 posts in 782 days


posted 774 days ago

Nice period piece. I love arts and crafts. Did you fume it? How did you find hanging those really tall doors?

Peacock is not one of your keywords :)

Steve

-- Stevethepeeve -- I'm no rocket surgeon

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CharlieM1958

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posted 774 days ago

Very nice work!

-- Charlie M. "Woodworking - patience = firewood"

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daveintexas

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posted 774 days ago

Very,very nice work. Repeat clients means your doing something real good!! White oak is one of my favorite woods to work with.

-- MISSION FURNITURE-My mission is to build furniture

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TomFran

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posted 774 days ago

Beautiful cabinet!

-- Tom, Surfside Beach, SC - Romans 8:28

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relic

342 posts in 836 days


posted 774 days ago

Thats a nice looking armoire

-- Andy Stark

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mot

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posted 774 days ago

Beautiful!

-- You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation. (Plato)

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Peter O

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posted 774 days ago

Thanks for all the positive comments!
Steve – I didn’t fume this … I considered it for about two seconds! I used a sanding sealer to keep the deeper grain from getting a lot darker than the surface, then applied an off-the-shelf stain. The top coats are hand-rubbed wax (almost three pounds of it!) with additional stain between a couple of the early coats to darken some of the nooks and crannies. Actually, the doors weren’t too bad to hang. I cut the hinge mortises in the face-frames and doors before assembly so I be sure they lined up, then I used a loose hinge to mark and drill all my holes. To hang the doors, I set a box in front of the case and set the door on it with a couple of shims to get the right height.

-- http://www.north40custom.com -- http://north40studios.etsy.com --

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schroeder

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posted 774 days ago

Beautiful!

-- The Gnarly Wood Shoppe

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Sawdust2

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posted 774 days ago

Subtle.

-- No piece is cut too short. It was meant for a smaller project.

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Dorje

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posted 774 days ago

I’m in the “I LIKE IT!” camp!

-- Dorje (pronounced "door-jay"), Seattle, WA

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cheller

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posted 772 days ago

Looks great. The details really make the piece.

-- Chelle http://artsgranddaughter.blogspot.com

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PanamaJack

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posted 772 days ago

Great woodworking. Great job, thanks for sharing it with us.

-- Carpe Lignum - Seize The Wood,

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Todd A. Clippinger

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posted 769 days ago

DANG! You do some nice work man!

-- Todd A. Clippinger, Montana, http://amcraftsman.com

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cajunpen

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posted 755 days ago

Simply beautiful!

-- Bill - "Suit yourself and let the rest be pleased." http://www.cajunpen.com/

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Andy

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posted 751 days ago

This is well balanced for a large piece. I like how the small lites add a special touch to the design,but also how they break up the front.They add that much needed negative space,which lightens the overall feel visually. Also,the crown molding was a good choice,not too big or fancy….it doesnt detract from the piece. Thumbs up on the wood,my favorite for furniture.

Very well done!

-- " If I can make it,so can you" Andy in Oregon

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gizmodyne

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posted 751 days ago

This is very well done. Love the details and natural color.

-- -John "Do I have to keep typing a smiley? Just assume it's a joke." www.flickr.com/photos/gizmodyne

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gizmodyne

1679 posts in 990 days


posted 684 days ago

Just looked at this again. One of my favorites on the site.

-- -John "Do I have to keep typing a smiley? Just assume it's a joke." www.flickr.com/photos/gizmodyne

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rikkor

11335 posts in 774 days


posted 683 days ago

This is a nice piece.

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mrtrim

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posted 683 days ago

exellent work peter , nice design great craftsmanship

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Lee A. Jesberger

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posted 629 days ago

Hi Peter;

Great looking piece! Easy to see why you have repeat clients.

Lee

-- by Lee A. Jesberger http://www.prowoodworkingtips.com http://www.ezee-feed.com

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Peter O

1027 posts in 774 days


posted 628 days ago

Thanks again for all the positive comments! This was a fun piece to build (both times – the first was 95% complete when the shop burned), and is one of my favorite portfolio items.

-- http://www.north40custom.com -- http://north40studios.etsy.com --

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Michael Brailsford

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posted 482 days ago

That is some fine work.

-- Michael A. Brailsford

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